Effects of a patient-family-centered visiting model on caregivers' beliefs and attitudes toward visiting patients with mental disorders
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2025.12.02
- VernacularTitle:以患者-家庭为中心探视模式对精神障碍患者照料者探视信念与态度的影响
- Author:
Yufei WU
1
;
Baoping YAN
1
;
Sicong OU
1
;
Hongyan ZHANG
1
;
Yuan ZHANG
1
;
Lina WANG
1
;
Keqing LI
1
Author Information
1. 河北省精神卫生中心,河北大学第六临床医学院,河北保定 071000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mental disorders;
visiting model;
beliefs;
attitudes
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2025;39(12):1019-1024
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of a patient-family-centered visiting model in improving caregivers'beliefs and attitudes toward visiting patients with mental disorders.Methods:A total of 140 caregivers of inpatients diagnosed with mental disorders according to the ICD-10 were randomly assigned to an intervention group(n=71)and a control group(n=69).The intervention group participated a patient-family-centered visiting model for 4 weeks,while the control group followed routine visitation.Caregivers' beliefs and attitudes were assessed using the Beliefs and Attitudes toward Visitation in ICU Questionnaire(BAVIQ)was used to assess the improvement in caregivers' beliefs and attitudes before the intervention and at the end of the 1st,2nd,3rd,and 4th weeks after the intervention.Results:Repeated measures ANOVA showed that the belief score and attitude score of the BAVIQ questionnaire in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control group(Ps＜0.05)across time points.Chi-square test further confirmed that the improvement in the intervention group were significantly bet-ter than in the control group(Ps＜0.05).Conclusion:The patient-family-centered visiting model is more effective than routine visiting model in improving the caregivers' visiting beliefs and attitudes in mental health settings.
